Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-02-11
TREATMENT OF BlllOUSNESS.


of the Ailment-A Word or Two.
The symptoms of biliousness are I'M
happily but too well known. They diff
fer in different individuals to some ex-
tent however. A bilious man is seldom
a breakfast eater. Two frequently. alas!
he has an excellent appetite for liquids,
but none for solids of morning His
tongue will hardly bear inspection at any
time; if it is not white and furred, it is
rough at all events. The digestive sys-
tenn is wholly out of order; diarrhoea, or
constipation, may be SYMPTOM, or the
two may alternate. There are very often
hemorrhoids, or loss of blood even.
There may be giddiness, and often
headache, and acidity or datulence, and
tenderness at the pit of the stomach.
The pain felt in the right shoulder would
indicate an extra bad case, but apart
from this, there are aching pains and
even stiffness in the limbs with more or
less of cramps in the limb muscles, or
burning in the palms of the hands, with
hot, perspiring feet.
There may be drowsiness and torpor
by day, and sleeplessness at night, and
all sorts and conditions of mind, es-
pecially irritability; fits of bad temper
that come on suddenly and go off again,
and that none are so thoroughly grieved
at as the poor patient himself.
Bilious people generally fly for relief
to aperient pills, and there is no doubt
that they often afford temporary
relief by relieving the over-gorged liver.
This really is antiphlogistic treatment,
but it assuredly is not radical. When
fish pond overfiows its banks, we may
let off a portion of the water, but after
this we ought, methinks, to find our
way to the other end of the pool and
lessen the inflow.
Well, just a word about treatment.
First and foremost then, in sudden bill
ious attacks, that are often accompanied
by great prostration, and by urgent vom-
ting, it is best to send for medical
man. Such attacks generally come on
in the morning, at the time the body is
most weak. l do not think upon the
whole | should be justified in suggesting
medicinal remedies in this paper, for the
simple reason that cases differ SO.
1 IlIlle ROOu VIII accrue ITOHl IredblIlS d
case like this, however, if, when he is
once more well, the patient returns to
his old non-hygienic habits of life.
what am | to do them" may be asked.
l will tell you what you are not to do.
You are not to over-eat; you are not to
use sugar or fat to any extent, buildings,
pastry, or cheese. You are not to touch
alcohol. You are not to sit in over
heated rooms. You are neither to over
work nor over-worry yourself. And you
are not to shirk the morning-tub nor
plenty of exercise.
What are you to do for the acidityi
Abstemiousness, and regulation of diet
and habits, will entirely Danish it, and
you will have the pleasure of knowing
that its absence is sign of regeneration
of the liver.
If you but try a week of the treatment
| suggest feel convinced you will once
more feel a pleasure in life, and an in
terest in all your surroundings.
But acidity often leads to rheumatism
and on this subject hope to have more
to say another day. l shall be quite sat
isfied with my present paper if it put 6
few of my readers on the right road tt
health, and that can only be got at by
seeking for and removing first causes in
stead of treating symptoms. -Famil,
Doctor in CasselPs Magazine.